Kitchen Paper Towel Holder

Sunday saw me doing a bit of a tidy up.However part way through the task i found some stock suitable for a vertical towel holder my son had asked me for the week earlier.The Materials:The vertical post Yellow StringybarkThe base: a section of jointed Jarah I had as an off cut from an earlier project.

The Process:Making the Post: I cut the post square and dimensioned it to suit the inside dimensions of the paper towelRan it through my shaper and rounded it into a cylinderCut it to length to suit.

Making the base: I squared up and cut it to suit the outer diameter of the paper towel.Bored a sunken hole with a forstner bit, drilled the center through and countersunk the under sidesanded the pole to a tight fit and attached it with a single screw from underneath.

I didn’t glue the post in at this stage as I may have to dismantle it for delivery

Finish: I sanded everything with 120 and then 220 grit and applied a coat of Tung Oil for finishingTime: about 1 Hr and time for coffee, and then think about that tidy up task again, I am sure I will find something else more interesting to do.

Additional info:

After all the unexpected comments I sent some time checking out information I missed whilst away.By chance I saw a post by PASs showing some Beall wood polishing so I thought I would give it a go.

The Towel holder was selected as the test piece. I was impressed with the result and did blog “Wood Burnishing” to pass on my results.